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Supports most .NET project types
Rider Demo - Code Completion
IDE Rider helps you develop .NET, ASP.NET, .NET Core, Xamarin or Unity applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux. It provides rich editing support and code insight for languages used in .NET development, from C#, VB.NET and F# to ASP.NET Razor syntax, JavaScript, TypeScript, XAML, XML, HTML, CSS, S...
Rider Demo - Killer code analysis
Rider boasts 2500+ live code inspections to help you detect errors and code smells. Over 1000 quick-fixes are available to resolve detected issues individually or in bulk: just hit Alt+Enter to pick one. For a bird's-eye view of errors in your projects, use solution-wide error analysis (SWEA): it...
Rider Demo - Refactoring
Most of ReSharper's 50+ refactorings are already available in Rider, and its 450+ context actions are all there. You can rename, extract methods, interfaces and classes, move and copy types, use alternative syntax, and a lot more! Look for available refactorings in the Refactor This pop-up, or us...
Rider Demo - Intelligent code editor
Rider provides tons of smart code editing features, such as different kinds of code completion, auto-importing namespaces, auto-inserting braces and highlighting matching delimiters, rearranging code, live and postfix templates, controller and action hyperlinks in ASP.NET MVC, a multi-selection m...
Rider Demo - Works on Windows, Mac and Linux
Rider can run on multiple platforms: Windows, macOS and different breeds of Linux. If you want to edit, build, run or debug Unity or .NET Core applications on a Mac, here's your full-blown IDE.
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Users consistently praise the intuitive interface and powerful debugging tools of Rider, which enhance productivity and streamline coding tasks. Many appreciate its strong integration with .NET and C#, making it a preferred choice for developers transitioning from Visual Studio. However, some note that it can be resource-intensive, particularly on older machines.

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Vishal L.
VL
"Boosts Unity Development with Intelligent Code Completion"
What do you like best about Rider?

I like Rider because it shows complex structures that other IDEs don't provide, and it's great for tracking frequently called methods. Its code completion techniques are very intelligent and perform better than others. I appreciate the flexibility in showing method names and method case errors. It also connects seamlessly with Unity, making the integration very smooth and efficient. The setup is straightforward, which I find convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

So, the plugin support that works seamlessly in Visual Studio Code doesn't have a similar experience on Rider. It's very hassle toward integration. For example, with Copilot, the text generation isn't as fast and efficient as in Visual Studio Code. Also, in line chat, when there is code completion or errors, the suggestion provided cannot be directly applied to the code itself. I have to copy and paste it manually inside. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MG
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Easy to Use, Straightforward Setup, and Developer-Friendly Integrations"
What do you like best about Rider?

It’s easy to use and straightforward to configure, with all the connections and integrations a developer would need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

The interface isn’t as clear as it could be, so the initial configuration and getting started take a bit longer than they should. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jason M.
JM
Software Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerful IDE That Gets the Job Done"
What do you like best about Rider?

Powerful IDE

Strong .NET and C# tools

Can use one license on both my PCs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

It is a real resource hog compared to visual studio code

You have multiple IDEs in Jetbrains to work in different languages

Subscription cost increases is pushing us out of Jetbrains

Unfamiliar ecosystem when coming from something else (you can use plugins that make it feel more like others) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EDUARDO P.
EP
Fullstack developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The complete IDE"
What do you like best about Rider?

On a certain day, I was working with Visual Studio and got a problem with versions of .NET in a Windows computer, so I opened the Rider IDE and Rider could comprehend the error in a path of .NET versions and worked perfect because it understood the mistake and provided the tool to continue my working without any error while the Visual Studio didn't work properly and didn't provide any correct suggestion to correct the bug. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

Sometimes is a let bit slowly couse my old computer =) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amin C.
AC
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Easy friendly and with powerful tools"
What do you like best about Rider?

I love the toolkit, the extensions and the customization that it has.

It has a great community and the proper company has gives you a big support.

It's easy to use and the user experience is quite good. From VS Studio to Rider and I am not regreting it at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

The integration with GitHub copilot could be better, sometimes it has a lot of issues with memory and sometimes is not functional when you have 2 Rider windows opened, this is quite bad UX but with all other things it could be acceptable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"JetBrains Rider"
What do you like best about Rider?

Vast variety of coding languages support, Awesome IntelliSense feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

Community version has limited features only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muhammad Arifur R.
MR
Mentor
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"An eclectic solution to .NET development"
What do you like best about Rider?

Rider allows the user to preserve keyboard scheme from Resharper or Visual Basic - which is very convenient for switchers. It also allows full customization of keyboard shortcuts according to the user's preferences. Navigating across files and searching for features is very easy - thanks to its combined file and action search. Code Cleanup is very helpful for independent developers like me because it simplifies my code to a great extent. Find and Replace feature can even work across files to omit duplicate instances. The Debugger is even capable of decompiling the source code to locate faulty functions. Rider is efficiently capable of maintaining multiple projects in a centralized manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

I had to make my own template as default templates were not exactly suitable. Setting up the debugger with environment variables seemed a bit counterintuitive. After debugging codes, changes will not be visible until a run is stopped and the solution is rerun - which was quite confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeff M.
JM
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Most Efficient .NET Editor"
What do you like best about Rider?

I really love all of the Jetbrains suite of IDEs. They are easy to use, and the ability to synchronize settings across IDEs is very helpful! It was very easy for our team to switch from Visual Studio to Rider. The many plugins and simple UI are really nice. I feel that the out-of-the-box features are also a bit more advanced than Visual Studio. Pricing is also very competitive! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

One of their biggeset downsides is the lack of integration with legacy systems for developing .net software for Windows. The language support for VB.net leaves some to be desired, and the lack fo a drag-and-drop editor for WinForms makes Visual Studio much more appealing.

It is also harder to find good project templates for Rider, as it is not as commonly used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Krismar A.
KA
Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Using this a lot in dotnet environment"
What do you like best about Rider?

One of the thing that I love on this is auto complition, suggestion and auto import of classess.

I become more effecient this compare to visual studio code and visual studio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

Its hard to migrate my working environment

The default config the size of text is too large, the spacing is too wide.

Setting sass compiler quite challenging incounter some issue.

This the issue is after setting up the sass compiler at first saving its compiles but after making changes on scss file it not compite automatically I need to delete the compiled file in order to apply my changes. after lot of searching there is a trick need to delete line of text in config after that hard time. This application works fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paco V.
PV
Coordinador de tecnología
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best IDE for .NET"
What do you like best about Rider?

The ability to run on Windows and Linux much better than other IDEs. Availability of many tools and plugins such as Copilot, Amazon Q, GitLen and others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rider?

The only thing I dislike is that the annual license fee is a bit high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Options

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For Individuals

$16.90
Per Month

All Products Pack for Individuals

$29.90
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For Organizations

$51.90
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